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DNA-isolation protocols for PCR genotyping assays for genetically modified mouse strains.
General do's and don'ts, valuable tips and troubleshooting advice for genotyping research mice.
Check the most common PCR questions and answers regarding genotyping research mice.
Learn what is in the name of genetically engineered and mutant mouse strains.
Helpful hints for understanding hybrid strain nomenclature.
Helpful hints for understanding inbred strain nomenclature.
The definitive resource for anyone working with laboratory mice, this is the 6th edition of The Jackson Laboratory Handbook on Genetically...
Step by step guide on how to generate a double knockout mouse model.
Learn about four essential steps necessary to validate your conditional Cre-lox knockout mice and reasons why you may still detect protein...
Learn why the Rosa26 locus is used very widely to create mouse models.
Learn how JAX designates mouse genotypes, and what “+” means in the context of inbred, mutant or transgenic strains.
Learn about breeding Cre lox mice to turn on or off transgenes and using Cre reporter strains.
Learn how the original BALB/c strain separated into two major substrains (BALB/cJ and BALB/cByJ) and how to decide which one...
Learn about the evolution of genetic targeting techniques from ZNFs and TALENs to today’s CRISPR/Cas systems that allow...
Read about the pros and cons of maintaining mouse colonies homozygous for both the loxP allele and cre.
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